Example sentences of "[adj] of [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter Hooley steered clear of companies for some time , concentrating on land deals . |
| 2 | There was only the slightest of pauses for communal reflection before twenty-nine pairs of shoes were duly launched at the teacher in charge . |
| 3 | Widespread criticism from across the political spectrum greeted President Fernando Collor de Mello 's announcement on Aug. 22 of proposals for 44 changes to the 1988 constitution , intended to allow for measures to increase federal revenues while simultaneously cutting public spending . |
| 4 | The communications infrastructure required by the student management system is also provided by the computer centre : all of the terminals and printers are in the same cross-campus network as the many hundreds of terminals for academic use ( in open access terminal rooms , staff offices , laboratories , etc . ) . |
| 5 | We have played in this country for both Lancashire and Surrey county cricket clubs and have bowled hundreds of overs for both counties . |
| 6 | On April 3 , 1915 , Stoddart shot himself through the head — the saddest of ends for such a famous cricketer who had brought much brilliance to the game . |
| 7 | As described in the previous section , this may have resulted from a decrease in the number of elderly people using buses following the introduction in September 1991 of fares for concessionary travel . |
| 8 | Baker 's dozen of plates for 12 great chefs |
| 9 | The proposals fell far short of arrangements for Palestinian " full autonomy " which Israel had endorsed in the first of the two Camp David agreements signed with Egypt in September 1978 [ see pp. 29654-69 ] . |
| 10 | East Germany also fell far short of targets for residential construction despite stepped-up efforts to rectify a longtime housing shortage . |
| 11 | Never again , because in sheer economic terms it is lunacy to spend upwards of £80 million to knock out a war machine that actually only provided some £20 billion of contracts for western industry . |
| 12 | Extensive work by gerontologists on service provision for old people and their responses to it suggest that cheaper alternatives to some costly services might enable more of the elderly to remain fitter and independent of institutions for longer . |
| 13 | Young Ben Titford was born and raised in smelly , noisy Pig Street — a lively enough corner of the world , perhaps , but not the healthiest of places for all that . |
| 14 | I think the night was full of dreams for all sorts of people . |
| 15 | There 's a substantial chapter on planning gardens using just one theme colour and the " plant catalogue " is full of tips for dramatic looking plants , large or small , tiered , weeping or busy shrubs , according to the demands of the proposed layout , plus hedging and ground cover . |
| 16 | Nobody ever got rich by just going on talk shows — well , not on mine , anyway — and when you 're talking about actors who are paid millions of pounds for one film , then I suspect their accountants advise them against it . |
| 17 | But despite this , Telethon is expected to raise millions of pounds for thousands of people who are in some way in need . |
| 18 | He added : ‘ Showbiz people like me share tea-time with millions of viewers for six months a year . |
| 19 | This pattern still subsists : one of priorities for heavy industrial investment ; discrepancies between targets and fulfilment ; a continual lagging behind of the production of consumer goods as compared with the production of the means of production ; low productivity rates , low investment priorities for agriculture . |
| 20 | But I could , one of Dolstars for hundred could n't we ? |
| 21 | Relations with the United Kingdom were strained during 1989 over the question of the influx of Kurdish political refugees into the UK and the imposition by the UK government of the requirement from June 23 of visas for all Turkish nationals entering the UK . |
| 22 | The approval by the parliamentary Finance Committee on Sept. 20 of US$6.5 million of investments for industrial and infrastructure development in the occupied territories ( including the Golan Heights ) prompted protests by the opposition United Workers ' Party ( Mapam ) . |
| 23 | Consequently James would be directing The Best of Friends for half the day and Re:Joyce for the other . |
| 24 | The Prince and Princess 's grandmothers have been the best of friends for most of their lives . |
| 25 | Not the best of sons for any mother . |
| 26 | She has raised many thousands of pounds for good causes throughout the North-East , and at present is helping to organise the Sacriston Carnival , which takes place on Saturday July 4 . |
| 27 | FUNDRAISERS are planning to raise thousands of pounds for five North-East hospitals to help treat sick children . |
| 28 | Your powers of detection will help us raise thousands of pounds for leading mother and baby charity , Birthright . |
| 29 | No tickets have ever been issued in the Railway 's eight-years-long official existence but Doug and the three compatriots that run the service shake a bucket at passengers for donations , and , throughout the 1980's , have raised thousands of pounds for this most worthy of causes . |
| 30 | Yeah , they had them come and fit their kitchen and they really did pay thousands of pounds for it , and erm , there was a chip erm , one of the units on the top and they , they just fitted it like it , and my , their dad called them back and said , look you know , I 'm paying thousands of pounds for this . |